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Definition of Haemanthus
1. Noun. Genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family, Family Amaryllidaceae
Member holonyms: Blood Lily, Cape Tulip, Haemanthus Coccineus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haemanthus
Literary usage of Haemanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Scarlet haemanthus, or Blood-flower. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. ...
Linn.fl- haemanthus ciliaris. Sp. pl. 413. Amaryllis ciliaris. ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Spear-leaved haemanthus. p. 31. I. 60. Nat. of ihe Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Fr.
Masson. Introd. ... 27-' Keel-leaved haemanthus. Nat. of the Cape of Good. ..."
3. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"haemanthus vaginatus Thunb. Flor. Cap. from its six linear leaves, ... That of
haemanthus has been called imperfect, but I see no imperfection in it. ..."
4. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"HK haemanthus coccineus. 39. HK haemanthus puniceus. 320. ... HK haemanthus
pubescens. ft. BM 1523 in note. ..."
5. Indigenous Knowledge and Its Uses in SA by Hans Normann (1996)
"We report on the collection and damage caused by the removal of two plants,
haemanthus rotundifolius (Amaryllidaceae) and an unidentified Matricaria species ..."
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